Its emergency department wait times and elective surgery access are worse than two years ago.
Commissioner Kathy Grant was installed in June 2015 to eliminate the deficit.
In quarterly results published in national newspapers this week, the board was near the bottom of the table for seeing ED patients within six hours.
It achieved 90% compliance, compared with 94% in the three months before the commissioner was installed in 2015.
In elective surgery access, the board ranked near the bottom of the DHBs' table.
Not one of the six health targets, three of which relate to community-based health, was achieved.
At the same time two years ago, one of the six was achieved (elective surgery).
In general, SDHB's performance against other DHBs had slipped.
Another data set, on the Ministry of Health website but not publicised, shows SDHB was the worst-performing board for treating people on time.
In June, it had the highest proportion of patients who had been promised treatment but not received it (8%).
Mrs Grant said in a statement health targets were ''only one measure''.
''And we have to acknowledge the commitment and hard work of our staff in providing quality care to our community.''
While the ED target had deteriorated, patient numbers in ED had increased, she said.
The junior doctors' strike and ''facility constraints'' affected elective surgery.
''We are well aware of the need to improve access to elective surgery.
''We are ... in discussions around how we may be able to make greater use of private capacity as we develop plans for our new hospital,'' Mrs Grant said.
The board's performance on faster cancer treatment improved under the commissioner team, she said.
She also cited an improved performance in smokers being asked to quit. However, there have been data collection issues in that target.
At the height of the patient care crisis at Dunedin Hospital this month, the commissioner team issued a public statement that said health targets improved in their first year while the deficit went down.
How SDHB performed
Shorter stays in emergency department
April to June 2015: 94%
April to June 2016: 93%
April to June 2017: 90%
Target: 95% of patients treated or transferred within six hours.
Improved access to elective surgery
April to June 2015: 103%
April to June 2016: 107%
April to June 2017: 99%
Target: More elective surgery discharges to enable national increase of 4000 per year.
Faster cancer treatment
April to June 2015: 66%
April to June 2016: 77%
April to June 2017: 79%
Target: 85% of patients receive first cancer treatment within 62 days of referral.
eileen.goodwin@odt.co.nz
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Funny, I didn't read anything about performance problems the last time I read the 'Lovin' Southern' section in the Star. All it had were pictures of Kathy Grant smiling and saying what a good job she does. Please can we stop paying out tax dollars to see pictures of Kathy Grant smiling.